India claims two men accused of beheading a Hindu tailor on camera in Udaipur have links with Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami.
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\nPakistan on Wednesday rejected India\u2019s \u201cmischievous\u201d attempt to link the accused of the murder case in Udaipur with a Pakistani organisation.
\n\u201cWe have seen reports in a segment of the Indian media referring to investigations into the murder case in Udaipur, mischievously seeking to link the accused individuals \u2014 Indian nationals \u2014 to an organisation in Pakistan,\u201d said the Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement.
\nThe spokesperson, while \u201ccategorically\u201d rejecting the insinuations, said that the linking was a \u201ctypical\u201d BJP-RSS \u201cHindutva\u201d driven Indian regime\u2019s attempts to malign Pakistan \u201cincluding externalising their internal issues through pointing of fingers towards Pakistan\u201d.
\n\u201cSuch malicious attempts will not succeed in misleading the people, either in India or abroad,\u201d said the spokesperson.
\nA day earlier, the Indian police arrested two men after they beheaded a Hindu tailor on camera in the city of Udaipur over his support online for a former ruling party official whose remarks about the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) sparked global protests.
\n\u201cBoth the accused in the killing have been arrested and we will ensure strict punishment and speedy justice,\u201d Ashok Gehlot, chief minister in the state of Rajasthan, where Udaipur is located, said on Twitter.
\nHowever, today Rajasthan\u2019s Home Minister Rajendra Singh Yadav claimed that one of the accused in the case had visited Karachi in 2014.
\nThe Indian Express quoted Yadav as saying that Ghouse Mohammad, one of the accused, was in Karachi for 45 days in 2014.
\n\u201cThen in 2018-19, he also had movements in Arab countries and visited Nepal a few times. For the past 2-3 years, he had been making calls to 8-10 phone numbers from Pakistan,\u201d Yadav was quoted by the Indian publication.
\nAccording to Indian Express, Director General of Police ML Lather said that the accused had gone to visit the office of \u201cDawat-e-Islami\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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